Ok Sorry I was away for so long, but as I said in The Last Night, I was busy graduatin and stuff. But I'm back and I'm updating! O man this is the final chapter! I hope you all enjoy it and that I didn't disappoint anyone!
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"Did you sleep well Himeno?" Sasame's voice alone made Himeno flush. She and Sasame had gone for a walk after they had lunch at the restaurant Go worked at.
"Hmm? Oh yes! I slept like a log" Himeno said plastering a huge grin on her face. Himeno had raced forward and left Sasame in the dust. "Come on! What kind of Leafe Knight can't out run a girl?" Himeno's taunting voice made a gentle cadence over the rest of the cities noise, that made his ears ring. He picked up his pace and was at her side in an instant.
"A knight who didn't get a good night sleep himself" his voice making the words into lyrics. Himeno flushed and shivered. The clouds gathered above her and the Princess of Disaster appeared. Himeno's amber eyes widened in fear and she fell to her knees, quaking in uncontrollable terror.
"Hime-eno" her voice called the terrified girl, who was on her knees.
"N-NO!" Himeno placed her hands over her ears, shaking her head violently. Sasame knelled down with her.
"Himeno" his voice, no matter how lyrical could not, would not reach her. Tears dripped down her face. Sasame feared placing his hands on her, thinking it might upset her more. Lights shimmered around the two, the others had arrived. Upon appearing Hayate saw the condition Himeno was in and knelled down immediately taking her into his arms. She cradled her body to him and Sasame leaned back in silence.
"Hayate… No, I-I can't!" her words were irrational at best, but Hayate understood her and rubbed her back in soothing circles, as the Princess of Disaster cackled and sent demon larva after demon larva at the knights.
"Kei, Hajime! Get the right side! Mannen, Go! Get the left! Don't let those creatures near Himeno!" Sasame's voice held an edge of panic as he and Shin defended the front lines.
"Himeno, it's alright, it's alright, you can take my hand! I'll keep you safe, I'm your knight" he said to the girl in his arms, she winced as Hayate offered his hand to her. Shakily her hand reached out touching his calloused fingers, running her hand over his palm, she clutched his hand for dear life. A spark of leafe then everything changed. The familiar leafe of change surrounded them, catching the two and swirling them into old magic, as old as earth herself. The magic, the leafe rather of the wind swirled around the two. Hayate's eyes, as blue as the sky, looked into Himeno's amber orbs, faith, hope, and confidence in her lay in his eyes. She smiled kindly at him letting the leafe shut her eyes and combine the two, in one of the most basic forms leafe had.
"I love you" the wind whispered the words the two couldn't say aloud. The leafe settled and the Wind Pretear stepped out confidence in themselves and each other leaking out of her body.
"I'm here Himeno, I'll keep you safe" Hayate's voice resounded from deep inside Himeno's heart and she smiled, closed her eyes, and placed her hand over it.
"Thank you Hayate" she said it simply. As she opened her eyes and stepped forward Sasame and Shin broke away and opened up the battlefield.
"Shin, the containment field please" Himeno said kindly to the little boy. He nodded and held out the necklace out in front of him. Closing his eyes he recalled the old words his previous self had known.
"Beyondios." His voice rose vines out from the leafe around him and caged the knights, the Princess of Disaster, Himeno and the demon larva in with them.
"Good work Shin!" Kei yelled as he dodged a tentacle from the demon larva, only two were left. Sasame made quick work of one, while Himeno and Hayate dealt with the other.
"Himeno use the Wind Sword!" Hayate internal yelled at her as she fought to dodged the tentacles.
"I'm on it Hayate" she said, stopping where she was the other knights protected her as she called the wind leafe into the familiar form of the Wind Sword. Rushing the demon larva Himeno made quick work of it and landed safely.
"You haven't won yet Pretear!" The Princess of Disaster screamed charging Himeno. Himeno lifted her arms in front of her and Hayate threw himself up as a shield to protect her, but that didn't stop the women that was once Takako. She phased through it all and tore Himeno from Hayate throwing him into a near by tree. Himeno held her side certain she'd broken something.
"Hayate!" she screamed and winced at the pain that lanced down her side. Hayate lay a good ten feet away, eyes glazed and bleeding from various wounds the tear had inflicted. He flinched, his eyes turning blue again and tried to stand. Himeno stood shakily and struggled to his side. He smirked at her, blood trickling down his chin.
"Himeno, are you alright?" He winced at the effort it took to ask. She lifted her hand and cupped his cheek.
"I'm fine, maybe a broken rib but nothing as serious as you" she said with a small smile of her own. Seeing the display of affection and love between the two enraged the Princess of Disaster and she let loose a feral sounding growl.
"You! You Hime-eno will never be happy! I will see to it! I'm going to kill your precious knights! Starting with him" Her finger pointed in Hayate's direction and Himeno's stomach dropped.
"NO! I won't let you hurt them Takako!" she screamed, holding Hayate to her chest. The Princess of Disaster flinched and shrank.
"W-What did you call me?" she seethed knowing that this weak Pretear knew her human name.
"Takako, that's your name isn't it? Takako, why do you wish to hurt them, they fought by your side, you and them fought against what you have turned yourself into. Why Takako? Because somebody broke your heart, there are hearts broken every second of every hour of every day! Nobody lives without heartache Takako! Even I have had my heart broken! My mother died, she left me alone, and that broke me heart Takako, but I'm still living! I'm still here Takako! I could have gone and turned into another, Princess of Disaster but I didn't! Do you know why Takako? It's because you, me, the knights we all have a will to survive, some stronger then others. Takako, let's live! I won't abandon you I promise!" Her words struck the Princess of Disaster harder then any blade. She crumpled to the ground, the darkness seeping out of her. She lifted her hands to her face, hiding the black tears that ran down it. Himeno smiled and watched as the darkness around Takako disappeared, leaving a sad, lonely girl in its place. She staggered over to Takako and knelt down next to her.
"Himeno, I don't- I don't want to be alone!" she cried and flung herself into Himeno's arms. Himeno wrapped her arms around the sad girl. The leafe knights gathered around them, each with a few battle scraps, but all smiling.
'She's a true Pretear, healing with her own power.'
Sasame stepped forward and knelt down next to Takako.
"Takako? I need to say this. I'm sorry I never told you before, I love you Takako, I wanted to be your knight, but I couldn't protect you from being hurt emotionally, only physically and for that I'm sorry" his voice was as lyrical as ever. Takako looked up from Himeno's embrace and smiled. Sasame opened his arms and welcomed Takako into them as pure tears of blue, instead of black, ran down her face. Hayate lurched towards Himeno and fell to his knees into her arms. He smiled up at her, sitting up and taking her into his arms.
"You want to know something?" he asked her, she quirked an eyebrow in question.
"What?" she asked as he held her in his arms.
"I think I love you" he leaned in and kissed her on the nose, his eyes glittered with unspoken happiness.
"I think I love you too" she said and leaned up to kiss his lips. They tasted better then in her dreams. They tasted like the wind, like flying. She smiled into the kiss and felt him do the same. They broke the kiss to see everyone staring. Both broke into laughter and the others rolled there eyes.
"No more nightmares?" He nudged her and they rose and staggered away from the group hand in hand. Her eyes alight she smiled at him, the sunset making them seem a tarnished pink.
"Not while you're near me, good knight" she said. Hayate leaned over and kissed her head.
"Yes my Princess."
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So That's it! I hope you enjoyed it! And I also hope that you'll go read some of my other stories! Reviews are always a plus!
Sayonara,
Demoness of Evil